Simultaneous demonstrations in four cities demand serial number 01 candidate be disqualified

IO, Jakarta – On May 10, 2019, simultaneous demonstrations were held in front of Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) offices. The demonstrations took place in Jakarta, Medan, Solo, and Semarang. The demonstrators in the four cities had the same demand; to disqualify presidential candidate serial number 01.

In
Solo, a group of citizens held their demonstration in front of the Surakarta
Bawaslu office. They stated that they would reject KPU’s announcement on the
results of the election counting recapitulation. The group, whose members
mostly wore white, were seen to fill the alleyway in front of the Bawaslu
office. The protestors stated that they had suspicions that there was fraud
carried out structurally, systematically, massively, and brutally during the
holding of the election. “We reject the announcement of the 2019 election
results by the KPU. Bring justice to those who committed fraud,” said Edi
Lukti, the coordinator of the protest which called itself the Mobile People’s
Presidium Group (Gaprak) when reading the protestors’ statement of intent on
Friday (10/5/2019).

Edi expressed
what he believed to be several indications of fraud in the election with among
others being the numerous problematic voters in the Permanent Voters List (DPT)
which he believed to affect millions of voters. According to Edi, there were
also millions of voters who received C6 forms. The protesters also urged the
Bawalsu to create a fact-finding team (TPF) to investigate the deaths of
election organizers during the election.

Not
only in Solo, hundreds of demonstrators joined in the People’s Movement to
Guard the People’s Voice protested in the Jalan Pahlawan-Veteran intersection
in Semarang, Central Java on Friday (10/5/2019).

The
coordinator for the movement, Zulkifli believed that the organizers of the 2019
election – the Bawaslu and KPU – did not carry out their duty properly.
Zulkifli claims that he has collected data showing 7,132 violations relating to
the election organizers. “We want an
honest election. This is what we are fighting for, because sovereignty is in
the hands of the people. As a result, we give a red card to the KPU because
they are incompetent,” he said.

In
Jakarta, demonstrations were held in front of the Bawaslu building to escort
the Prabowo-Sandiaga National Success Team report concerning fraud during the
2019 election on the same day (10/5/2019). “Why not keep the calmness of
Ramadan. Ramadan should be calm, I want to ask that, answer or don’t. Brother/Sister,
it needs to be known that Ramadan is not for fasting and praying but there is a
Badr war happening,” said Habib Hanif Alatas from atop the commando car in
front of the Bawalsu building on Jalan MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta.

“What
is called worship is not just practical acts of worship, we have to fast and do
tarawih prayers. But great worship is jihad. Ready to have a constitutional
jihad. Ready to fight against tyranny during Ramadan. Independence,
Independence!” continued Habib Hanif Alatas.

Habib
Hanif explained that the aim of the demonstration in front of the Bawaslu
building was to escort the BPN report on election fraud. The protestors also
demanded that the serial number 01 candidate be disqualified. “Ready to unite?
Ready to tighten the lines? Ready for a constitutional jihad? The BPN has
reported and demanded that candidate serial number 01 be disqualified. Do not
be afraid, the people will support you. So, I ask, ready to support the Bawalsu?
Ready to support NKRI (The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia)?”
shouted Habib Hanif from his commando car.

In
Medan, North Sumatra, thousands of Muslims joined in the Crisis Center
Selamatkan Indonesia (Save Indonesia) visited the North Sumatra Bawaslu office
in Jalan Adam Malik, West Medan, on the same day that afternoon. The mass of people protested and reported
what they believed to be fraud in the 2019 elections.

During
his oration, Fatwa Guards National Movement (GNFP) Head and North Sumatra
Ulema, Ustadz Heriansyah stated that his side had witnessed structural, massive,
and systematic lies done by the serial number 01 presidential and
vice-presidential candidates. “As a result, we ask Joko Widodo to be
disqualified as a 2019 presidential candidate. Second, we ask the KPU to be
forensically audited as we suspect there have been purposeful acts by the KPU
to manipulate the presidential election results,” said Heriansyah received with
shouts from protestors. (dsy)